August 11th

Thank you families for your consideration with checking in when entering the school.  Given what is happening in other states at present, I feel so fortunate to live in Tasmania. The Department of Education continues to provide updated information from Public Health. We will continue to provide any information required to families in a timely manner. At times, particularly if information is shared on a weekend, we may need to do this through our Facebook page. Where possible, however, we will either send a whole school text or email for larger bodied information. 

All Department of Education schools are required to have a plan for the event of a snap lockdown.   

Are your contact details up to date?  In the event of a medical emergency or illness it is crucial that we have the correct numbers to contact parents/carers. The school also frequently uses text and email to share important information with families, if we don’t have your correct email address and mobile number you could miss important messages from the school. 

In the event of a snap lockdown this is how we will communicate with families.

You can update your contact details in person at the office, over the phone, text (0407 665 749) or email norwood.primary@education.tas.gov.au  

Uniforms

With the current cold weather, we have noticed an increase in children wearing hoodies and other non-uniform jackets/ jumpers. Please talk with us if you require some support with obtaining a Norwood Primary School jacket or jumper. Any overcoat is acceptable, however, students will be required to remove these within the classroom. We also ask the students with hair longer than shoulder length to have their hair tied back.  

End of day pick up

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our families for your perseverance as we have worked through a system for pick up in the Drop off and Pick up zone.  Generally, students have been wonderful in understanding where to wait and also the need to wait for their pickup person to move upwards towards the steps. The need for them to wait for cars to move upwards is to decrease the amount of traffic waiting on the road to pull in to the zone whilst children are getting into cars. Please remember to keep moving towards the top of this zone as the cars move. 

 Kind regards, Karen 

Classes across the school have been working hard on unpacking our ‘Expected Student Behaviour’ documents. Our teachers have observed extremely positive engagement & feedback from our students. These 'Expected Student Behaviours' shape our students “way of working” and are closely aligned to our core values of Aspiration, Growth, Courage and Respect. At Norwood Primary School we will celebrate success both with and for our students, through acknowledging and rewarding the positive behaviour we want to see. Below are two of the avenues we will be utilising to promote positive behaviour throughout NPS:

Re-structure of the use of Tokens

Tokens are a way of acknowledging those students displaying the Expected Student Behaviour. This positive reinforcement is used for those students who are consistently displaying these behaviours, while having a parallel impact on other students around them. Through utilising this system of positive reinforcement, we are creating a culture where positive behaviour is noticed, praised and acknowledged in a broader context. We want to encourage our students to display our Expected Student Behaviour and this process is one way of achieving this. 

Values Certificates

By now you may be aware of a shift from our Merit Certificates to our new Values based Certificates. These certificates highlight those students who have displayed exceptional behaviour, an outstanding approach to learning and academic excellence. Values Certificates are awarded to students in assemblies and as a school, we will follow the same process for parent/guardian interaction as previously used.

Please speak to your child around these positive aspects of NPS and how they are working towards these acknowledgments.

Luke Padgett

1 Andrew and 1-2 Roberts

We will be travelling to the QVMAG at Inveresk to participate in Science Week investigations. The focus will be growing and production of plants for food. 

Date:      Tuesday 17th August

Time:      Depart school at 9:15am and arrive back by 2:30pm

Recess/Lunch: Students will need to bring a packed fruit break, morning tea, lunch and a big drink of water 

Kate Andrew and Carol Roberts

Classroom Teachers

Prep Green/Gale, Prep Taylor and Prep-1 Paulsen

We will be travelling by bus to the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery at Royal Park. This is part of our inquiry focussing on Tasmanian Aboriginal culture. 

Date:      Tuesday 31st August

Time:      Depart school at 9:30am and arrive back by 2:00pm

Recess/Lunch: Students will need to bring a packed fruit break, morning tea, lunch and a big drink of water 

Sarah Green, Caroline Gale, Alison Taylor and Laine Paulsen

Classroom Teachers

During Book Week, we will be running a Book Fair in the library with loads of quality literature for sale at great prices.

During library lessons next week, students will have the opportunity to view the available books and fill in a Wish List. You can buy prepaid vouchers online that will act as cash on the day. Instructions for this are on the Wish List. Alternatively, you can shop and pay in person with cash or EFTPOS. 

Shopping times will be during Book Week and are listed below. In keeping with COVID regulations, we must limit the number of people gathered in one place and so have scheduled shopping times for each year group. If the designated times don’t work for your family, you are able to shop at any of the other available times. 

Entry for the fair will be through the library door closest to the office. Arrows and an exit point will indicate the direction for movement within the fair.

We look forward to sharing in the excitement of book shopping!

Monday 23rd August 8:30-8:55am (Kinder - Grade 1)

Tuesday 24th Aug. 8:30-8:55am (Grades 2 – 4)

Wednesday 25th Aug. 8:30 – 8:55am (Grades 5 – 6)

Wednesday 25th Aug. 3:00-3:30pm (All welcome)

Thursday 26th Aug. 8:30 -8:55am (All welcome)

5-6 Richards created inspiring works of art to enter in a competition to have them displayed in the 2020 (2021) Tokyo Paralympics Australian Athlete village. They are designed to inspire our amazing Paralympians and provide words of encouragement and support from back home. They put in lots of effort and include many symbols of Australia, and of the Paralympic games. Well done 5-6 Richards.

Values Certificates

The following students received certificates in our recent Early Childhood and Primary Assemblies for displaying exceptional behaviour, and an outstanding approach to learning and academic excellence.

Spectators are able to attend HOME GAMES ONLY (if your child is playing at Norwood Primary School) - 2 spectators per family - you are unable to spectate at other schools or venues.

Spectators must check in at the front office  by using the Check in Tas app. If you are unwell or have symptoms of a cold, cough or fever you must not attend.

Coffee and Climb (0-4 year olds) - Monday 26th July 9:15-10:00am in the hall 

Pre-Kinder (children born in 2017) - Wednesday's in the Kinder building. Please contact Tania Fankhauser or the school office if you are not sure what your child’s new Pre-Kinder time is for this term.

Music Mates (0-4 year olds) - Is a new session being offered this term starting Monday 26th July 2:00-2:30pm in the school library.

Gumnuts (for babies under 12 months) - Tuesdays 12:00-12:45pm in the Breezeway.

Little Joeys and Chatterbox (for 2-3 year olds) - Wednesday mornings in the Kinder building from 9-10am.

Please contact the school and ask to speak to Mrs Fankhauser for more information or join our ‘Launching Into Learning at Norwood Primary School’ face book page to keep you updated on what is happening on our Early Years programs.

Tania Fankhauser

Tip of the Week

When reading a book or watching a movie with your child, stop or pause on a word they might not know and discuss what it means. This is helping to develop/extend upon your child’s vocabularly and in turn helping them to become a better reader.

Kinder 2022

It's that time of the year again! Enrolment forms for children who live in our school intake area and will be coming into kindergarten in 2022 will be available at Pre-Kinder. Please return these forms to the office as quickly as you can, along with:

• your child’s birth certificate,
• immunisation record
• documentation of child’s medical conditions
• proof of parent identity eg. Driver licence,
• proof of residence

Surveys regarding preferences for session times will be emailed to you on return of your enrolment forms.

Please pass this information onto other families living in the Norwood community. Thank you!

Lynn Wyllie-Watson

Workshops presented by Holly Bromfield and Sarah Barrett will focus on the nature and treatment of anxiety in children - see flyer for more information.

Session 1: Parents/Carers of Kinder - Grade 2 children  

Date: Wednesday 18/8

Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm 

Session 2: Parents/Carers of grade 3-6 children

Date: Thursday 19/8

Time: 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Father's Day Stall

Father’s Day Stall preparation is underway with 3 weeks to go, so we are asking if anyone would like to donate any items for the stall if they could be dropped off at the Office.

In particular we are after:

• Individual wrapped small chocolates (no nuts please)
• Small potted plants

Or anything you think might be suitable would be so appreciated.

Father’s Day Stall will be held over two days.

Wednesday 1^st September

Thursday 2^nd September

We urgently require volunteers to help man the stall. If you can help, even for an hour, please let us know - email norwoodpsa@gmail.com or send a message via the school office.  Thankyou.

Next School Association meeting:

When:           Tuesday 14th September 2021

Time:             7:00pm

Where:          Staff room

Agenda: School Disco, 2022 School Fair, End of Year Picnic, Father's Day Stall, 

Please send all agenda items to norwoodpsa@gmail.com

Everyone is welcome to attend!

School Fair 2022

We are seeking volunteers for our 2022 School Fair Committee. We need to start organising later in the year in preparation for a Fair early 2022. If we don’t have a committed group of 8-10 people we cannot go ahead with a Fair, so please gather your friends and contact us at norwoodpsa@gmail.com